Baseball’s biggest opportunity enhancer is its own crooked history
New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York on Jun 3, 2021.During a Zoom media session on Tuesday, someone asked New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole if he’d ever cheated at baseball.Instead, Cole attempted to bob and weave his way out of it. Let’s just say that if “uh” was a word, Cole would be Shakespeare.At issue is the latest scandal rolling over Major League Baseball like a lazy tide.
Cole is a primary target because former Blue Jay Josh Donaldson singled him out during an interview on the topic. Donaldson noted that once the sticky stuff started getting talked about, Cole’s spin rate went off a cliff. As a result, Cole – one of the best pitchers in the game – got knocked around like a pinata in his next start.
Steroids wasn’t the brightest idea. Highly effective, but not exactly brilliant in terms of long-term planning. Did they intend to get bigger and bigger until teams had to start extending the outfield fences into the parking lot? Those who feel cheated will cheat back. It’s human nature and it’s the baseball way. No other pro sport combines a history of cheating with so many different ways to cheat.
Each team supplies its own equipment. Some of it can be illegally altered to improve results. That’s an opportunity.
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